Alive

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Chord counting:
Beat: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
Chord: 1 2 3 | |
ORDER: I V1 PC C1 V2 PC C2 C3 B FC
[INTRO]
F#mC#mD
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F#mC#mD
| |
[VERSE 1]
F#m C#m D
I was born in a thunderstorm
F#m C#m D
I grew up overnight
F#m C#m
I played alone,
D A/C#Bmadd9
| |
I'm playing on my own, I survived, hey
F#m C#m D
I wanted ev - erything I never had,
F#m C#m D
like the love that comes with life
F#m C#m D
I wore En - vy and I hated that,
C#
| |
but I survived.
[PRE-CHORUS]
F#m C#m D
I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go
F#m C#m D
where the wind don't change and nothing in the ground can ever grow,
F#m C#m D
No hope, just lies and you're taught to cry in your pillow,
C#
| |
but I'll survive.
[CHORUS 1]
F#mA D D#m7-5
n.c.
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
F#m A D D#m7-5
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
F#mE A D
n.c. |
I'm alive,
F#mE A D
|
I'm alive,
A E F#mD
|
I'm alive,
F#mE A D
|
I'm alive.
[VERSE 2]
F#m C#m D
I found solace in the strangest place,
F#m C#m D
way in the back of my mind.
F#m C#m D C#
I saw my life in a stranger's face and it was mine.
[PRE-CHORUS]
F#m C#m D
I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go
F#m C#m D
where the wind don't change and nothing in the ground can ever grow,
F#m C#m D
No hope, just lies and you're taught to cry in your pillow,
C#
| |
but I'll survive.
[CHORUS 2]
F#mA D D#m7-5
n.c.
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
F#m A D D#m7-5
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
F#mE A D
n.c. |
I'm alive,
F#mE A D
|
I'm alive,
A E F#mD
|
I'm alive,
F#mE A D
|
I'm alive.
[CHORUS 3] - drums out on final line
F#m E
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
A D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
F#m E
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
A D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
A E
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
F#m D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
F#m E
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
A D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
[BRIDGE]
Bm
I had made every single mistake
F#m E
that you could ever possibly make.
Bm
I took and I took and I took what you gave
F#m E
but you never noticed that I was in pain.
Bm
I knew what I wanted, I went in and got it.
F#m E
Did all the things that you said that I wouldn't,
Bm7
I told you that I would never be forgotten,
F#m E C#
| |
I know that's part of you.
[FINAL CHORUS] - muted guitar
F#m A D D#m7-5
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
F#m A D D#m7-5
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
F#m E
I'm alive,
(You took it out but I'm still breathing.
A D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.)
F#m E
I'm alive,
(You took it out but I'm still breathing.
A D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.)
A E
I'm alive,
(You took it out but I'm still breathing.
F#m D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.)
n.c.
I'm alive.
F#mE A D
n.c. |
I'm alive,
F#mE A D
|
I'm alive,
A E F#mD
|
I'm alive,
F#mE A D
| | n.c.
I'm alive.

Alive chords and lyrics

Free chords for Alive by Sia. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Chord counting:
Beat:  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
Chord: 1       2     3 |                 |
ORDER: I V1 PC C1 V2 PC C2 C3 B FC
[INTRO]
F#m C#m D | |
F#m C#m D | |
[VERSE 1]
[PRE-CHORUS]
[CHORUS 1]
[VERSE 2]
[PRE-CHORUS]
[CHORUS 2]
[CHORUS 3] - drums out on final line
[BRIDGE]
[FINAL CHORUS] - muted guitar
           (You took it out but I'm still breathing.
           (You took it out but I'm still breathing.
           (You took it out but I'm still breathing.
        n.c.
   I'm alive.

Alive Chords by Sia

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